Confused about Signoricci

After browsing the frangrance counters I came upon two different bottles of Signoricci. The one is the tall bottle with the silver top (as per the directory) and the other is a bottle similar to the Ricci Club one. Both were testers without the box unfortunately. Does anyone know if there is a difference between the two?

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by jellybean1973

After browsing the frangrance counters I came upon two different bottles of Signoricci. The one is the tall bottle with the silver top (as per the directory) and the other is a bottle similar to the Ricci Club one. Both were testers without the box unfortunately. Does anyone know if there is a difference between the two?

The signoricci (old version) apparently is the original formula. ( i have a bottle, i think is odd, i do not get tonka ben nor oakmoss from the drydown, but do get lots of civet!)

The signoricci 2, is the old (reformulated a bit ) signoricci with the 2 added.

The signoricci (new version :in the 80s ) is not the signoricci 2 with the 2 dropped (like some people think, and it's been reformulated again!) as even the nina ricci people do not have the "lost notes" (it must be around somewhere they said) of this 80's version;

and the signoricci (new version on the directory) really is the 2005 re-release -a yet again brand-new reformulation of all things signoricci.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by Eluard

"I think it's very nice." You mean the bottle or the juice inside?

Oh i meant both.

The original juice was nice, but didn't sit well with my skin, as the "new" re-formulation (in the 80s).
The same goes for the signoricci2, wich had some longevity problems on my skin.
The only one that i find fine and goes nicely on my skin is the new re-reformulation (the 2005 version), wich is the one sold and promoted by NinaRicci nowadays.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by castorpollux

Oh i meant both.

The original juice was nice, but didn't sit well with my skin, as the "new" re-formulation (in the 80s).
The same goes for the signoricci2, wich had some longevity problems on my skin.
The only one that i find fine and goes nicely on my skin is the new re-reformulation (the 2005 version), wich is the one sold and promoted by NinaRicci nowadays.

Wow! This is the first time I have ever seen someone saying that a recent reformulation is an improvement on something from the eighties — particularly with respect to longevity.

Good to know, as they say.

There are people to whom the truth of language does not matter — they are known as liars.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by castorpollux

There are more versions that you may think of!:
some of the notes:

...

see it's not that difficult.

cheers

Signoricci 2 was not a reformulation of the original Signoricci (also known as Signoricci 1) anymore than Chanel 17 was a reformulation of Chanel 5. They were sold side by side back in the seventies and smelled completely different. I agree that Signoricci 2 (which became plain Signoricci after the Signoricci 1 was discontinued) has changed a bit over the years. I tended to attribute this change to defective materials. It was always a bit unstable. Over the years I've bought a great number of bottles gone bad. When fresh, however, its smell was always very similar to the original Signoricci 2. When I asked Nina Ricci for the notes a few years ago, they sent me two different versions although they assured me that the Signoricci 2 original recipe had not changed. Since these notes are a general description of how the perfume smells and not an exact transcript of the recipe (which, of course is kept secret), I thought that the two different versions of the notes were just different ways of describing the same perfume. But, again, the recipe might have been changed since the present Signoricci, although similar to the original Signoricci 2, is a much duller scent.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Burning question on an old topic:

I have read this and a few other "Signoricci confusion/reformulation" threads and still can't figure out:

1. which Signoricci my mother would have purchased circa 1990 in Milan (came in a flat bottle, not a round one like the current issue, and when I heard that Signoricci was a citrus, I was surprised - it never smelled citrus-y to me). It was her signature scent for much of my childhood and I miss it!

2. if any currently-available Signoricci or its ilk are similar to that one.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by Sister Y

Burning question on an old topic:

I have read this and a few other "Signoricci confusion/reformulation" threads and still can't figure out:

1. which Signoricci my mother would have purchased circa 1990 in Milan (came in a flat bottle, not a round one like the current issue, and when I heard that Signoricci was a citrus, I was surprised - it never smelled citrus-y to me). It was her signature scent for much of my childhood and I miss it!

2. if any currently-available Signoricci or its ilk are similar to that one.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

The bottle looked just like that, but the box definitely said "Signoricci" - I remember, because I always assumed it was "Signoricca" before I realized it was technically a men's perfume. Also, I don't think it had the cool portrait.

Thank you for the response - the packaging definitely looks like the time period we're talking about.

Re: Confused about Signoricci

Originally Posted by Sister Y

The bottle looked just like that, but the box definitely said "Signoricci" - I remember, because I always assumed it was "Signoricca" before I realized it was technically a men's perfume. Also, I don't think it had the cool portrait.

Thank you for the response - the packaging definitely looks like the time period we're talking about.